and surveys, Secret Sen-ice activities briefings, and
firearm instructor training.

Comptroller. The Comptroller of the Currency conducts
a 2-vuek school in Washington, D.C., in the principles of
trust law and administration that is available free to State
hanking departments.

Other Assistance Activities

Any Federal, State, or local police or investigative agency
may request assistance in international criminal matters
from the International Criminal Police Organization
(INTERPOL), through the U.S. representative to
INTERPOL in the Department of the Treasury. These
requests may be for information, investigations or appre-
hension and are relayed by the Treasury representative
to the INTERPOL National Bureau in the appropriate
country.

In another information sharing effort, the Internal
Revenue Service keeps some States informed of criminal
proceedings against residents of those States, so the State
ran determine whether there has been parallel miscon-
duct on State tax returns.

The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms assists
States and localities in analysis of evidence in its forensic
laboratory and provides technical data on firearms and
explosives.

Department of Labor

The Department of Labor provides criminal justice as-
sistance in the form of programs aimed at rehabilitating,
training, and employing persons returning to society from
correctional institutions.
Descriptions of those programs follow.

Manpower Administration

The Office of Employment Development Programs
(OEDP), part of the Manpower Administration, funds
offender rehabilitation programs under the Manpower
Development and Training Act (MDTA). Both opera-
tional and research and demonstration programs were
funded in FY 1971. Funding for operational programs in
FY 1971 was $13.7 million. Research and demonstration
programs were funded with $2,204,000.

During FY 1971, several operational programs were
funded under MDTA:

Prison inmate training program. The Prison Inmate
Training Program, administered jointly by the Man-
nnw^r A^m!~:—*:-,„ and the Officfi Qf Education of

loyment-oriented training as part of
During FY 1971, the program pro-
;r 4.50(1 inmates in 48 projects.

T is the use of incentive
:he use of the "gate
trainee is credited
?ach week of train-
ee funding level for
1.

projects are funded

'e -been arrested
•;"""s but who

Manpower training in correctional Institutions is supported by a
program of the Department of Labor.

have not yet been tried, If the accused offender responds
positively, a recommendation is made to the court for
disposition of the case. Most of the funding for this
project, which totaled $3,645,709 in FY 1971, is for profes-
sional and paraprofessional staff.
Two pilot projects were funded in New York City and youth,